CONUS Cost-of-Living Allowance The CONUS COLA Rates are now available! Rates have changed for nearly every military housing area.
Adoption Expenses Reimbursement The DOD has extended the time frame that you can be reimbursed for an adoption from 1 year to 2 years from the date of...
Military's 3.1% Pay Raise Passes Senate as House Prepares to Do Battle Over Iran The $750 billion defense policy bill, including the 3.1% military pay raise, passed the Senate and now moves to the House.
Lawmakers Align on 3.1% Pay Raise, Efforts to Slow Cuts to Military Medical Billets The draft House defense authorization bill also contains health and child care provisions.
Coast Guard to Take $11.3 Billion Budget Proposal to Capitol Hill The service's fiscal 2020 budget request seeks funds for new ships and aircraft and shore upgrades.
It’s Official: 2020 Budget Proposal Has Largest Troop Pay Raise in a Decade The White House backed a 3.1 percent military pay raise beginning in January 2020.
Next Troop Pay Raise Could Be Largest Since 2010 Though the raise is meant to be based on economic indicators, the White House and Congress often set a different rate.
Here Are the 2019 CONUS COLA Rates Fewer troops will receive a cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) payment stateside in 2019
Retirees, Disabled Vets Get Biggest Raise in 7 Years for 2019 The cost of living increase gives more cash to one in every five Americans.
4 Things Every Soldier Should Know About The Army's New Mobile Pay System The Army is moving its pay and personnel-management system onto a smartphone-friendly platform.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
